Renew your desire to learn, too, at back-to-school time

Josh Linkner Detroit Free Press Business Columnist Published 9:00 p.m. UTC Sep 1, 2018 As cash registers speedily ring up No. 2 pencils and file folders, the back-to-school craze is officially in high gear. Last-minute haircuts, wardrobe enhancements and new lunchboxes help ring in this time of year when students prepare to learn. New courses, new teachers, new classrooms, new possibility. The back-to-school ritual signifies the transition from recover to engagement; from rest to growth. Doesn’t it make you wonder why we adults don’t have something similar? Large groups of grownups turn the learning off when they complete their formal educations. Others rely on companies or bosses to instill the insights, solely looking at education as a means to an end. More: Focus like Aretha Franklin and you’ll succeed at work More: With Bubly, PepsiCo proves the old dog can be the disruptor Instead, what if we borrowed from the back to school season and sent ourselves back to the chalkboard in order to achieve more, deliver more and win more? Each of us can take charge or our own learning and development. Just as middle schoolers study a subject for a finite time period, we can establish similar practices such as a learning topic of the month. Or perhaps we dedicate 90-day sprints on specific areas of learning, challenging ourselves to read, watch, and listen to as much subject matter as we can to elevate our expertise. Let’s have some fun as we define our own learning objectives, self-study curriculum, and testing procedures. The content… [Read full story]